by Michael Parnell | Jun 16, 2017 | Opinion
“It Comes at Night” is a movie that defies classification. It has been called a horror movie, but that is not what it truly is. It is something more. The movie opens with a very sick older man. Boils cover his emaciated body. A father and a teenage son are...
by Elizabeth Evans Hagan | Jun 15, 2017 | Opinion
Do you think your church is kind on Father’s Day? Most of us would say, yes, of course! Yet, for men who long to be fathers and are not, for any who have a difficult relationship with their biological fathers, or those who have lost their fathers too soon,...
by James Gordon | Jun 15, 2017 | Opinion
A wire sculpture sits above the harbor at Portsoy in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The graceful lines of a dolphin leaping toward the sea is a powerful and poignant symbol of life that is wild, untamed, beautiful and utterly natural. There are many perspectives on the...
by Tony Brooks | Jun 15, 2017 | Opinion
Our churches are trying to figure out how to reach the millennial generation (born between 1980 and 2000), and we do need to reach the largest generation in the U.S. for Bible study. Yet, many churches are more geared to reach the baby boomers (born 1946 to 1964),...
by John D. Pierce | Jun 14, 2017 | Opinion
By John D. Pierce Having long ago left most traces of my earlier Southern Baptist identity, I have little interest in the denominational workings that were once part of my life. Also, I resist commenting (usually) on their antics — including their annual summer...
by Julie Ball | Jun 14, 2017 | Opinion
I have noticed a steady increase over the past several years in the number of articles and social media posts about whether and how churches should observe Mother’s Day. This year, I noticed that similar posts about Father’s Day have remained steady...
